Since Movable Type decided to put its blogging or publishing platform as an open source system, they seemed to be realized the payout bit by bit recently. As I closely follow-up on their progress, the released of Movable Type version 4.1 represented as a key addition to this work in progress. This version included a new user interface (UI), new built-in report for blog’s activities, and many more. It is not a coincidence that a new demo Web site called Universal Web Site appeared on the Movable Type site visible at the same time with the released of version 4.1, it is much due to all of the Movable Type source code freely available for review, and the developers can build something out of it. Unless we see a lot of plugins, or themes available purposely for this platform, we’ll realize how users might be benefited from the open source movement of Movable Type.

With the upcoming release version 4.2 bundle with the new template set, called the “Universal Template Set,” according to Movable Type, they offer users not only the publishing platform for blogging, but also a home page for personal or organization. But as is often the case for a new direction, a feature rich blogging platform sometimes could be used as a successful Web site creator system or a content management system. However, I’m not sure the enhancement of functionality of this Movable Type will successfully lead them to a short-term progress, albeit that long-term pain is unpredictable.